by spirowebteam | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
As vaccination numbers increase and COVID-19 cases decrease, there’s no doubt that the pandemic is winding down. In every sense, it’s great news: there’s less of a chance of you or your loved ones getting sick, our kids are able to look forward to going back to...
by spirowebteam | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Six Differences in Couples’ Communication Style Many articles have been written about the ways men and women communicate differently. From a neurological (i.e. biological) perspective, the male and female brains process intellectual thought and emotions, and therefore...
by spirowebteam | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Decreased Affect and Anhedonia This question was posed to me on an online platform. To begin, if this lack of emotion is observed behavior, it is possible the person is simply not very emotionally expressive. We call emotional expression affect . Therefore, someone...
by spirowebteam | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Accepting Things We Cannot Control What a year. As of this writing, 2020 is three-fourths over, there is no end in sight for the COVID-19 pandemic and the most hotly contested presidential election in recent memory is less than three weeks away. Stress, depression,...
by spirowebteam | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Enhancing Your Partnership with Active Constructive Responding There is a joke among mental health professionals that marriage counseling is about teaching couples how to fight. While there is some truth to that old joke, marriage counseling is really about teaching...
by spirowebteam | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
How to Recognize Passive-Aggressive Behavior in Your Spouse or Partner What does it mean to be passive-aggressive? The roots of passive-aggressiveness are in low self-esteem. Passive-aggressive people have a fear of, and therefore an aversion to, direct confrontation....
